Gireau Premium French XO Cognac
Colour: Amber
Nose: Toasted hot cross bun, cinnamon nutmeg and spice, light liquorice notes
Palate: Dried fruit, apricots, peach, raisins with subtle liquorice
Finish: Long and balanced, rich but light, elegant and complex
Comments: Refreshingly light for an XO yet packed with a myriad of intricate flavours
Quote: “Gireau Premium French XO Cognac brings a welcome new style to the XO category, being youthful and fruitforward with layer upon layer of rich flavours”
Simple Serves:
 Gireau Premium French XO Cognac served long over ice with ginger ale and a wedge of lime
Complex Serve:
 Antiquite (Rinse inside of rocks glass with black strap molasses, add three large ice cubes, 20ml Gireau Premium French XO Cognac, 2 dashes Peychaud bitters and stir 20-25 times. Add 3 more large ice cubes, 20ml Gireau
Premium French XO Cognac stir another 20-25 times, finally add another
20ml and stir a further 20-25 times. Garnish with a liquorice stick)
 Sazerac (Chill rocks glass with crushed ice and 15ml absinthe, meanwhile in a mixing glass stir the following 16-18 times over ice: 60ml Gireau Premium
French XO Cognac, 10ml sugar syrup, 2 dashes Peychaud bitters, 2 dashes angostura bitters; then double strain into the chilled glass having first discarded the contents.)
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Gireau Premium French Gin
Colour:
Nose:
Deep Water White
Fruity-floral with juicy juniper and a lemon and white grapefruit suggestion
Palate:
Finish:
Quote:
Ripe full fruit with lemon-coriander freshness
Dry and long with a soothing menthol crispness
Comments: Captivates the palate remarkably well for a single botanical spirit
“Gireau Premium French Gin provides a unique juniper canvas for mixologists to build flavours upon”
Simple Serves:
 Gireau Premium French Gin on the rock with a splash of tonic (don’t drown it) with a wedge of lemon
Complex Serve:
 Pamplemousse Rose (50ml Gireau Premium French Gin, 50ml Pink Grapefruit juice, 15ml Sugar syrup, top with soda, garnish a pink grapefruit spiral)
 Par Avion (30ml Gireau Premium French Gin, 10ml Maraschino Liqueur,
10ml Cherry Marnier, 25ml fresh lemon juice, shaken & double strained into a martini glass. Garnish with a stemmed cocktail cherry)
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Gireau Premium French Vodka
Colour:
Nose: undertones
Palate:
Water white
Crisp citrus nose with toasted malt
Rounded and deep, weighty mouth-feel, rich with a hint of sweetness
Finish: vanilla notes
Long and chewy with delightful caramel-
Comments: Surprisingly complex flavours reminiscent of an aged spirit
Quote: “Gireau Premium French Vodka forms a great base for those wanting vodka based cocktails where the spirit base shines through rather than being masked by other dominant ingredients”
Simple Serves:
 On the rocks with a slice of orange
Complex Serve:
 Vodka martini with amber vermouth with a twist of orange (Coat ice in a mixing glass with 10ml amber vermouth, stir 6 times and discard excess. Pour in 65ml of Gireau Premium French Vodka & stir 16-18 times, double strained into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a twist of orange)
 Creme Caramel (35ml Gireau Premium French Vodka, 10ml Grand Marnier,
5ml Catron Caramel Liqueur, 35ml Double Cream. Shaken & double strained into a Coupette with a toasted orange & Demerara wheel set a float on top)
Regards
Andrew B Hay
Director
Gireau Corporation Ltd
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